Drying and stretching frame.



WINKLER. DRYING AND STRETGHING FRAME. Arrmou'lo'x FILED 121:0. 14, 1909.

1,010,561. Patented 1m. 5, 1911.

IN l/EN T01? ATTORNE Y8 COLUMIIA PLANOGRAPI! COUWASNINOTON, D. C.

Vmr/ar hil /1176)" CHARLES WINKLER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRYING AND STRETCHIN G FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 14, 1909.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Serial No. 532,982.-

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, CHARLES WINKLER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Man hattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Drying and Stretching Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to apparel apparatus, and its object is to provide a new and improved drying frame, more especially designed for drying stockings quickly and in pairs to prevent misplacing of mated stockings, and to prevent the stockings from shrinking, the frame also permitting of convenient adjustment to readily accommodate stockings of different sizes. 7

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a frame having adjusting means for changing the size and the shape of the frame to accommodate stockings of different sizes.

A practical embodiment ofthe invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement, showing a pair of connected drying frames, one of which is covered by a stocking to be dried; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of part of the drying frame.

The drying frame illustrated in Fig. 1 consists of twin bodies A and A, connected with each other at the top by a hanger B, to permit of conveniently supporting the drying frame from a line or other suitable support. Over each. body A and A is adapted to be drawn a stocking C, for drying the same, the bodies being shaped to conform to the shape of the stocking, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1. Each of the bodies A and A is preferably formed of a single piece of metal, preferably half-round wire, as shown inFig. 2, with the flat side of the wire inward and the half-round portion outward, for engagement with the inside of the stocking C. Each of the bodies A and A is provided with a foot portion A and a leg portion A and the opposite sides of the foot portion A are provided with inwardly-extending dents A, capable of being straightened out, so as to increase the size of the foot portion and to vary the shape thereof according to the shape and size of stockings of different sizes. The cross bar A connecting the ened out so as to increase the width of the leg portion A to accommodate stockings of different sizes.

' As shown in Fig. 3, the foot portion A may be provided with dents A on opposite sides, with dents A" at the toe and with dents A at the heel, the several dents A, A and A being capable of being straightened out, to accommodate different sized stockings. The sizes of the dents are preferably such that the straightening out of one dent will increase the size of the body A to correspond to the increase in the stocking from one size to the next following one, say from stocking No. 5 to The bodies A and A are connected with each other by the hanger B, so as to extend in opposite directions, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1, the bodies being spaced apart and accommodating one pair of stockings, at the same time holding each stocking properly stretched for drying without danger of the stocking shrinking during the drying process;

Although I have shown the twin bodies A A and the hanger B made of separate pieces of wire, it is evident that they may be made of a single piece of wire bent to form the three parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A drying and stretching frame for stockings formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a foot portion and a leg portion, the upper ends of the members of the leg portion being connected by a corrugated cross bar, and the foot portion being providedin each side intermediate of its toe and heel portions with. a plurality of dents or corrugations, said dents or corrugations being adapted to be straightened out and of such a size that the straightening out of a dent or corrugation on each side, will increase the size of the frame to correspond with the increase in the stocking from one size to the next following size.

2. A drying and stretching frame for stockings formed of a piece of wire bent to form a foot portion and a leg portion, the

upper ends of the sides of the leg portion being connected by a corrugated cross bar, and the foot portion being provided With a plurality of dents at its heel and toe and With a plurality of dents in each side intermediate of the heel and toe said dents being adapted to be straightened out and of such a size that the straightening out one dent of each series Will increase the size of the frame to correspond With the increase in the stocking from one size to the next following size.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES WVINKLER.

Witnesses:

W. S. CUNNINGHAM, J12, R. L. ARMSTRONG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O. 

